Buggy-top support.



l 10.796,344. PATENTPD AUG.1,1905.

" T. B, MoDLIN & L. o. BUHL.-

BUGGY T'oP SUPPORT. APPLIUATION I-ILED FEB. l21, 1905.

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/I I Y Y a Y ttome'gs- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ATHOMAS BENET MODLIN AND LEWIS C. BUHL, OF HURDLAND, MISSOURI,

BUGGY-jTOP SUPPORT.

No. l796,344.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed February 2l, 1905. Serial No. 246,703.

' To all whom t waa/y concern:

Be it known that we,THoMAs BENET MoDLIN and LEWIS C. BUHL, citizens of the United States, residing at Hurdland, in the county of Knox and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Buggy-Top Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toan improved buggytop support, and has for its object to provide a simple,` inexpensive, and efficient device lof this character adapted to form vav yieldable support for the buggy-top, so as to prevent injury to the back-bows of the vehicle when the top thereof is lowered.

A further object of the invention is to provide a support formed in two sections, the adjacent faces of which are provided with longitudinally-disposed grooves or channels for the reception of a yieldable block or plunger designed to receive the impact of the backbows. l

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that Various changes in form, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a peri spective view of a portion of a buggy` show- 9, and detachably mounted on this bolt and interposed between the side of the body 5 and the nut 9 is the improved support 10.

The support 10, lwhich may be formed of metal or other suitable material, is preferably cast in two sections 11 and 12, detachably secured together, as by bolts 13. The sections 11 and 12 are provided with coincident squared sockets or recesses 14 for the reception of the prop-bolt 8 and the adjacent faces of said sections formed with longitudinally-disposed grooves or channels 15, in which is slidably mounted a yieldable impact block or plunger 16. Thehead of the block or plunger is provided with a dovetailed recess 17, in which is seated a strip of rubber leather, or other yieldable material 18 to assist in reducing the shock or jar when lowering the buggy-top and also to prevent the back-bows from becoming scratched or otherwise mutilated by contact with the block when the vehicle is traveling over rough or uneven roads. The head of the strip 18-is extended laterally, as indicated at 19, so as to entirely cover the top of the block or plunger, and thereby afend of the spring is seated in a recess 22,

formed in the adjacent faces of the sections 11 and 12, as shown. The spring 2() forms a yieldable support for the block or plunger, while the latter serves to receive the impact of back-bows when the buggy-top is lowered.

The free ends of the sections 11 and 12 are spaced apart and preferably inclined or beveled in opposite directions 'to facilitate the vinsertion and removal of the back-bows, as

shown.

In applying the support to a buggy or other vehicle the nut 9 is removed and said support placed in position by slipping the recessed,

end of the latter over the prop-bolt and screwing home the nut. 9.

By having the support made in two sections detachably secured together the spring and plunger may be readily removed when worn or broken from constant use. Attention is called to the fact that the movable parts of the device are retained in position between the side sections by means Vof the bolts13, thereby dispensing with the use of threaded collars, clamps, and similar fastening devices.

The support being a yieldable one, injury to the back-bows from bending, which often results from a sudden fall of the buggy-top upon the prop-bolt, is eectually prevented.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a support formed in a plurality of sections detachably secured together and provided with coincident openings adapted to receive the prop-bolt of a vehicle, and a yieldable member slidably mounted between said sections.

2. A device of the class described comprising a support formed in two sections detachably secured together and provided with coincident openings adapted to receive the propbolt of a vehicle, there being longitudinal guiding-grooves formed in the adjacent faces of said sections, and a spring-actuated plunger slidably mounted in said grooves.

3. A device of the class described comprising a support formed in two sections detachably secured together and provided with coincident openings adapted to receive the propbolt of a vehicle, said sections'having their free ends spaced apart and oppositel y inclined or beveled, and a yieldable member slidably mounted between said sections.

4. A device of the class described compris- Ying a support formed in two sections detachably secured together and provided with coincident openings adapted to receive the propbolt of a vehicle, said sections having their adjacent faces provided with longitudinal guiding-grooves, a plunger slidably mounted in said grooves, a pad carried by the plunger, and means for yieldably supporting the latter.

5. A device of the class described comprising a support formed in two sections detachably secured together and provided with coincident openings adapted to receive the propbolt of a vehicle, said sections having their adjacent faces provided with longitudinal guiding-grooves defining terminal shoulders, a plunger slidably mounted in said grooves, and a spring interposed between the base of said sections and the plunger for normally retaining the latter in engagement with said shoulders.

6. A device of the class described comprising a support formed in two sections detachably secured together and provided with coincident guiding-grooves deiining terminal shoulders, a spring-pressed plunger slidably mounted in said grooves, anda pad carried by the plunger and engaging the terminal shoulders of the guiding-grooves.

7 A device of the class described comprising a support formed in two sections and provided with coincident openings for the reception of the prop-bolt of a vehicle, a bolt for securing said sections together, longitudinal guiding-grooves formed in the adjacent faces of said sections and delining terminal shoulders, a plunger havinga dovetail recess in its head, a pad seated in said recess and entirely covering the head of the plunger, and a coilspring engaging said plunger for normally retaining the latter in engagement with the terminal shoulders of the guiding-grooves.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aiiixed our signatures inthe presence oi' two witnesses.

THOMAS BENET MODLIN. LEWIS C. BUHL. Witnesses:

JOHN R. VANSICKLE, W. H. BUHL. 

